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UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN MEAKER, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO MEAKER SALES COMPANY, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION OF MICHIGAN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 5, 1907.

Application filed October 12, 1905. Serial No. 282,426.

To all whom it may con/corn.-

Be it known that I, JOHN W. hIEAKER, a citizen of 2 LuiIed States, formerly of Chic o, Iliimis, (i now residing at Detroit, in the count y of IVayne and Slate of ivlicl igan, have invented new and useful Improve cents in Coin Holding and Delivering i'vlachmes, which the following is a specifi- (Jz't'tltlll.

This invention relates to a coin holding and delivering or change-making machine of the general character illustrated and described in United States Letters Patent No. 790,218, granted to 'ntc May 16, 1905, the same having a plurality of coin-receiving receptacles or grooves adapted to hold stacks or piles of coins, together with a series of keys, one for each of said receptacles, which keys are adapted to actuate a series of coin-ejectors to eject from the receptacles the lowermost coins of the piles of coins therein. The rccepta Its are shown upwardly and rearwardly inclined, but are nearly enough vertical to insure the descent of the pile of coins by gravity whenever a bottom coin is ejected.

The object of niy present invention is to improve the censtiuctien and operation of such machines in various particulars, as will hereinafter appear.

The invemicn consists in the matters hcreinafter described, and pointed out in the ap pended cleinis.

deferring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation, and Fig. 2 an end view of a machine enibodying my invention. Eig. 3 is an en d view of the secondary frame of the machine, detached from. the main Ira-hie. Figs. 4 and 5 are sectional views of the secondary fiaire, taken on line 4- 5 of Fig. 1, illustrating different pcsilic-ns of the cciu-ejecting key. Figs. 6 and 7 illustrate nioeiificaiiors of the coin-eje key. Fig. is an. end view of a port ion of the mac e,illrstratingdiflerenipositionsof'flieincmied coir-tray nounted l hereon. Fig. 9 is a sectional iew through the main frame on lire 9 9 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 10 is a top or plan view of tl e suppleirerri al sliding ccin-tray Describing the particular machine shown in Figs. 1 to 5, inclusive, and in Figs. 8, 9, and 10, which illustrate one embodiment of my "'ivention, A and A indicate two vertical parallel end frame-plates connected together by cross-rods a, a, and a and by a rear or back plate A these parts constituting the main frame of the machine, which affords a support for a detachable secondary frame in which the coin grooves or receptacles are located and in which the coin-ejecting mechanisms are mounted. Said secondary frame comprises a longitudinal top plate B, a longitudinal bottom plate C, end plates D and D, and a vertically-corrugated plate E. The top and bottom plates B and C extend across the front of the machine between the end plates A and A of the main frame with their front margins horizontal and parallel with each other. Both plates B and C are inclined from their front margins down wardly and rcarwardly, the front margin of the top plate being located rcarwardly of the front margin of the bottom plate. The ver tically-corrugated plate E is secured between the top and bottom plates B and C and inclines downwardly and forwardly from its upper to its lower edge. T he outwardly-facing grooves in said plate E constitute the coin-holding grooves or receptacles of the machine, the bottoms of which on which are supported the columns or piles of coins placed in said grooves being formed by the front marginal part of the bottom plate C. The end plates D and D of the secondary frame are secured to the top and bottom plates B and C and the front margins of said end plates are bent outwardly at right angles to the plates to form flanges (Z on the plates, which flanges rest against the inclined front edges a of the end plates A and A of the main frame, said plates A and A being provided with shoulders a, one on each, for engaging the lower end of the flanges (l (l and supporting the secondary frame, as clearly illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2. In the machine as illustrated in the patent hercinbefore referred to the supporting-fla11ges (Z (Z are formed on the corrugated plate E. As this corrugated plate is made of comparatively thin sheet metal said flanges were liable to be bent by rough handling of the machine, and for this reason I now form said flanges on the end plates D and D, as above described, said end plates being made of sheet metal sufficiently heavy to afford the requisite strength and rigidity.

The corrugated plate E, as shown in the drawings, is shaped to form nine coin receiving grooves or troughs, which face outwardly toward the front of the machine and the bottoms of which are formed by the continuous bottom plate C, extending forwardly far enough for the purpose. The several coin grooves or receptacles (lettered in the drawings from c to e) are made of varying sizes to receive coins of different sizes and denominations. In the machine shown, wh'ch is intended for United States coins, the grooves marked e to e are respectively ap propriated to silver dollars, half dollars, twenty-live-cent pieces, dimes, nickel fivecent pieces, and cents. The two grooves marked 6 and e are each intended for the delivery of two one-cent pieces at once, and the groove marked e is for the delivery of a single nickel five-cent piece, the arrangement being substantially as described in the patent above referred to.

Above the forward part of the bottom plate C, between the several coin-receiving grooves in the corrugated plate E, are located vertical partition-plates F, which project forwardly from the angles of said corrugated plate between the grooves and are provided, at or near their forward ends, with stop lugs or projections f, whicn project laterally from said plates F toward the center lines of the several grooves. Said lugs or projections f are intended to prevent the delivery at one time from the lower ends of the grooves (by the action of the ejecting or delivering devices hereinafter to be described) of more than a single coin or other desired number of coins. The stop f, which projects toward the center of the groove 6, is formed on a projection of the end plate DC The lower edge of the stop f and the lower edge of such of the stops f as are opposite the grooves from which a sin le coin is to be e'ected is u h 1 located at a distance above tne top surface of the bottom plate C a distance equal to the thickness of the com which the particular groove is intended to hold and deliver, so that only a single coin can pass between said 111 and the u oer surface of said bottom to v 1 plate. Where two, three, or more coins are to be ejected at once from a groove, said stop projection f is located a distance above the top surface of the bottom plate equal to the combined thickness of the number of coins which are to be ejected at one time from the groove.

Now referring to the devices for ejecting the coins from the several grooves or receptacles, I have devised (and believe I am the first to have devised) an autoniatically retracted coin-ejecting key in which the coinejector is maintained in position for ejecting the coin by the hand of the operator used in operating the key and is free to fall beneath the coins remaining in the receptacle when the key is released by the operator to permit it to return to its normal or retracted position. I have devised numerous and widely-different structures embodying this feature of my invention, some of which will form the subject of separate applications for Letters Patent. In the present application I have made an appropriate claim to the broad invention, but have confined the present drawings and description to a form of key niech nism in which the coin-ejector is carried by or upon an operating finger-piece which is pivotally connected to a Inain body or member of the automatieally-retracted key.

It will be understood that each of the coin receptacles or grooves is provided with its own coin-ejecting key, and as all of the keys are essentially alike only one need be described in detail. The ejecting device, as a whole, is termed by me the ejecting-key, and, as illustrated, it comprises a main automatically-retracted key member G, having a linger-piece K pivotally mounted on the lower end thereof and carrying an ejector it, which in the forward movement of the key is adapted to engage and eject the lowermost coin or coins from the receptacle, the pivotal connection between the finger-piece K and the key member G permitting the ej ecter to freely pass beneath the descended coins remaining in the receptacle during the rearward or return movement of the key. As illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4, the main automatically-retracted key member G is in the form of a bent bar or lever, which is pivotally supported at its upper end on a rod H, mounted over and running lengthwise of the top plate B of the secondaryframe, said rod H serving as'a common support for the levers of all the keys of the machine. Each of said levers G inclines downwardly and forwardly behind the corrugated plate E and projects tl ough a slot 0 in the bottom plate C, the p llel side walls of the slot 0 forming lateral gun. s for hol ing the lever against sidewise movement and the front end wall 0 of the slot serving as a stop for limiting the forward movement of the key.

Each of the levers G is with a desired degree of gravity force retracted and held in its normally retracted position by means of a weight g, which is shown as of flat or plate form, and is pivotally mounted at its lower front corner on a rod g, the latter serving as the support for the weights of all of the keys in the machine. Said rcd g is mounted at its ends in the end plates D and D of the secondary frame and also passes throng 1 rearward extensions f of the division-plates F, before referred to. Each weight g, extends rearwardly and upwardly from its pivotal point and projects through a slot g in the lever G, and at its upper end it is provided with a pin 9 which bears against the lever G at each side of the slot 9 The weight is thus a ranged to lean against the lover and to normally hold it in its rearward or retracted position (illustrated in Fig. 4) and also to press it toward its retracted position after the key has been pulled forward in the ejecting operation, as illustrated in Fig. 5. For holding the weight g in permanent engagement with the lever G the latter is provided. with one or more short flanges g, opposite and over the pin 9, so that said pin will be confined between said flange or flanges and the rear wall of the lever.

PlVOiiLlly mourned on the lower or free end of the lever G is the "linger-piece K, carrying a coin-ejector 7s, which projects upwardly from an arm is, that extends forwardly from the finger-piece below the coin groove or receptacle, as illustrated in Figs. 3, 4, and 5. The ejecting-finger la is adapted to project through a SlOt 0 formed in the bottom pla.e C and extending inwardly from the forward edge of said bottom pla;e to a poim back of.

the inner edge of the coins in the coin-receptacle- The linger-piece K is secured ro the lever G by the transverse horizontal pivot 75* and is provided at its forward end with a downwardly-extending portion 75, adapted for engagement by the finger of the operator applied beneath and behind it for the purpose of pulling the entire key forward to eject the lowermost coin or coins of the stack or pilev in the superjacent receptacle. The finger-piece K has its greatest weight forward of its pivot It", so that its forward end may drop when permitted to do so and may remain depressed unless positively lifted. It must start forward from its retraued position behind the coin column at a suitable elevarion to brin the ejector into engagement with the coin or coins L0 be delivered, and the ejector must continue in engagement with such coin or coins until they are ejecied. -In whaLever manner t he ej ec LOI' may be brought to its proper elevadon before engaging such coin or coins (whether by the opera;ors finger or by mechanical means) the finger of the operalor in the consirueion described maintains this engagement of the ejector with such coin or coins during the ejecting operaion, and when the finger-piece is released by the operator at the end of the ejecting-stroke, 'thfi ejector descends, so as =.o be retracted below and preferably clear of the lowermost coinleft in i he receptacle and fallen to the bottom of said recepi acle upon removal of the ejected coins from beneath them. For giving the ejector a suitably-elevaed position when the key is in its retracted position to enable it to engage and eject tlieclesired lowermost coin or coins said finger-piece K is shown in Fig. 4 to be provided with a rear 6XL011SiOll 76 having a roller 7; mourned thereon, which engages the under surface of the boil om plaie C, saidsurface of ihis bottom plaie acting as a cam wi.h which the roller engages in the rearward movement of the key for depressing the rear end ofrhe finger-piece, and thus elevaling the ejector. The eject or is prevented from ascending and tanee required for engaging the lowermost coin or the desired number of coins by the upper surface of the arm 7e, which, as shown in Fig. 1, engages with the under surface of the bottom plate C and slides 1 hereon during the forward movement of the key.

It will now be understood that should the projection of the finger-piece be engaged by the finger of the upwardly open hand of the operator and the key pulled forward from its position of rest (shown in Fig. 4) to the limit of its forward movement, (shown in Fig. 5,) the ejector It? will be maimained in its clevard position by the pressure of i he operaiors finger on the linger-piece and will force forward the lowermost coin or coins of the pile in the coin-receptacle and push it or them from benea h the stack into the open hand of the operator, the coins above the coin or coins engaged by the ejector being retained in the receptacle by the adjacent projection or stop f and being lee drop afler the ejection of the previously lowermost coin or coins. hen the key is released by the operator, the forward end of the finger-piece K will fall to the position indica;ed in dotted lines in Fig. 5, so that in the au;oma .ic ret urn movement of the key the ejec;or /u will pass beneath tllO lowermost coin of the de scended pile remaining in the receptacle. The downward movement of the front end of the finger-piece is limited by a suitable s;op, as in this ins.ance aprojection k on the lever G, which is engaged by the roller 7c, as indicated in said Fig. 5. The lower end of (he lever G being forward of is pivotal support 1.1 and being pressed rearwardiy by the weight 9 falls back l0lLSl11l\ifl1lI)OSlclO1l, and during 1 his rearward movement the roller It strikes the under surface of the bottom plate U and is depressed thereby, wiih the el'l'eci of eleva.ing the ejecior lc back of and in posi.ion to engage the lowermost coin or coins remaining in the receptacle when the key is again pulled forward.

The extent to which the ejector lit projects through the slot 0' in the bottom plate (I prcdeterminately sufficient for it to engage and eject always the same number of coinsthat is, a single coin or a plurality of coins, as the case may be the retainingstepf being properly located with reference to the bottom plate C to prevent more than the de sired number of coins leaving the recept acle, as before explained. As the stack or pile drops down the moment the lowermost coin is removed it is desirable that the ejector as it approaches the limit of its forward movement should be given a downward movement, so as not to strike and drag against the lowermost coin of the descending or descended stack, and for this purpose a portion of the metal of the bottom plate at one side of the groove 0* is bent downwardly, as

projecting tlnough the slot 0 beyond the disl shown at c in Figs. 3, 4, and The upper surface of the arm 76 having, as before explained, sliding bearing against the under surface of the bottom plate C to limit the upward movement of the ejector as the key is pulled forward, the arm 76 is held against the plate 0 by the finger of the operator, and as the key approaches the limit of its forward iovement the arm 76 is deflected down wardly by the bent projection 0 thus moving the ejecting-finger away from the descending pile of coins.

In 6 I have illustrated a coin-ejecting key embodying my invention in a modified form. In this instance the lower end of the lever G is provided with a forwardly-projecting finger-piece K, pivotally secured thereto by a pin k and provided with an integral ejector 7c. The outer or free end of the finge 'pi-"ce K has its downward movement limited by a stop it which. contacts with the upper surface of the lower end of the lever G and the upward movement lim ited by the engagement of shoulders 7c", formed at each side of the ejecting-lingo 7c, these shoulders engaging the under surface of the bottom plate (J. The finger-piece K normally hangs in its lowest position, the ejector It being normally below the upper surface of the bottom plate C even when retracted and in position to be raised through the slot 0 behind the coin or coins to be ejected. To eject a coin, the operator places his fingers beneath the linger-piece and pulls or draws the key forward. The initial pulling movement raises the finger-piece, so that the ejector will be projected through the slot 0 behind the coin or coins to be ejected, and as the key is pulled forward the coin or coins will be carried by said ejector from beneath the coin-stack into the hand of the operator. When the key is released, the fingerpiece drops down to permit the ejector in the rearward movement of the key to pass freely beneath the coin or coins remaining in the stack.

In Fig. 7 I have illustrated another form of key, which in mode of operation more closely resembles the key f st described in that the ejector is normally held in an elevated position behind the coin or coins to be ejected. in this instance the key member G is in the form of a lever, pivotally mounted, as before described, and carrying aweight g at its lower end for normally holding it in its retracted position. The finger-pi ce K is provided i *ith a pair of lugs or ears Z, which embrace said lever behind the weight g, pin it passing through said lever, and said serving to pivotally connect the finge1=piece to the lever. Said finger-piece K is provided with an arm Z, which projects up wardly through a slot Z in the bottom of the lever G the upper end k of said arm constij tuting the coin-ejector. Said linger-piece is also provided with a rear extension Z which is engaged by the rear edge 0 of the bottom plate C for depressing said extension and correspondingly raising the forward end of the finger-piece for bringing the ejector in proper position for engaging the coin or coins to be ejected. The ejector 7c projects through the slot 0 in the bottom plate C, and its upward movement is limited by the engagement of the forward end Z of the fingerpiece K with the bottom edge of the weight g. The downward movement of the ejector is limited by the engagement of the projection Z" on the arm Z with the upper surface g" of the weight g. W'hen this key is pulled forward by means of the finger-piece K the lowermost coin or coins of the stack or pile will be ejected into the hand of the operator, as before described, and when the key is released the forward end of the fingerpiece will drop of its own weight to permit the ejector to pass beneath the remaining coins in the coin-grooves, and when the key reaches the limit of its rearward movement the rear extension Z of the finger-piece will be depressed by the edge e of the plate C for correspondingly elevating the ejector into props position to engage the next coin. or coins.

New, referring to Figs. 1, 2, and 9, it will be noted that the top of the main frame of the ep iie is closed by a coin-tray M, Fig. 9, between the secondary frame of the machine and the back plate A for a sliding tray or carriage U, which in the machine illustrated designed for holding gold coin, the upper tray M and t e coin grooves or receptacles e to e being designed for silver, nickel, and copper coins. The tray or coin-carriage N is best illustrated in Figs. 2, 9, and 10. It consists of two side plates n and n, connected at opposite ends by rods 0 O, which serve as convenient handles for carrying the tray en removed from the machine or for Sliding it back and forth in the main frame, as will be hereinafter described. Mounted between the side plates n and n is a transversely-corrugated plate P, havin rectangular perforations fortified therein transversely of the upwardly-projecting ridges or corrugaticns, perforations forniing coin-receiving pockets or recesses, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 10. The three perforations r 1" r in the ridge or corrugation p are each adapted to receive five twenty-dollar gold pieces placed. therein in an upright position transversely of said ridge or corrugation. The perforations or recesses 1" r 1" in the next adjacent ridge or corrugation p are each adapted to receive five tendollar gold pieces, while the perforations r r 1" and r r r in the next two ridges p and p are respectively adapted to receive live five-dollar gold pieces and four two-and-a-helf-dollar gold pieces. The coins are supported on the side marginal t at space is afforded beneath said tray edges of the perforations or recesses, and to prevent them from falling through the perforations while being placed therein a second corrugated plate P is placed beneath the perforated corrugated plate, as clearly snown in F 10. The side plate a is provided with a lodge or shelf S for supporting colunms or stacks of coins of the various denominations, upright walls 8 serving to form grooves for receiving and holding the several stacks, as clearly illustrated. The side plates n and n are each provided at one end with. a downwardly-projecting lug or car n which afford supports for the ends of a shaft if, upon which is mounted a grooved roller t. Said roller is mounted midway between the side plates of the carriage and is adapted to ride upon a bar or red T, which extends horizontally from one end plate to the other of the main frame of the machine near the bottom thereof. Said bar T serves as the support for the rear end of the carriage, as illustrated in Fig. 2. The front end of the carriage is adapted to normally rest on the horizontal surface A", upon which the machine rests, and is moved in and out of the main frame through an opening A in the end plate A, the bar or red O forming a convenient handle for this pur pose. For affording a roller-bearing for the front end of the carriage the side plates n and n are provided with lugs or cars a, in which is mounted a shaft t carrying the rollers t and t said rollers normally resting on the horizontal surface A upon which the machine rests, and serving to maintain the carriage in. a practically horizontal position. \Vhen it is desired to place coins in the carriage or remove them therefrom, the carriage is pulled out of the main frame, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 9, the front end of the carriage rolling upon the horizontal surface A, while the rear end rests and rolls upon the rod or bar T, the latter, together with the roller t, serving to guide the carriage in its outward and inward movements. hen the carriage is pushed back into the main frame, as shown in full lines in Fig. 9, it is held therein by lugs or shoulders a, formed on the bottom edge of the side plates at and n of the carriage. These shoulders engage the end plate A of the main frante at the lower marginal edge of the opening A" and so lock the carriage in the machine that the latter may be raised or lifted from its support without liability of the carriage falling therefrom, the front end of the carriage being then supported upon the marginal edge a of the opening A. The locking-lugs a make it necessary to slightly lift the front end of the carriage in sliding it from the machine but in the rearward movement thereof the lugs a" will ride over the lower marginal edge of the opening A. The coin-tray M is composed of a corrugated plate m, mounted in a substantially rectangular frame m provided with a projecting flange m, which rests upon the top edge of the side and back plates A, A, and A of the main frame of the machine. The corrugated plate at is perforated to form coin-receiving re cesses and. is in all essential respects similar to the corrugated plate P of the coin-carriage N, the only difference being that the corrugated plate m is very much larger and is provided with a larger number of perforations or recesses designed to receive silver, nickel, and copper coins.

For increasing the coin-holding capacity of the machine I have provided an additional coin-holding tray R, which is so mounted above the coin-tray M that it may be moved to the front of the machine to be within convenient reach of the operator or moved to the rear of the machine for giving access also to the tray M. Said tray R is preferably composed of a corrugated plate w, mounted in a suitable frame the two ends of said frame being provided with trunnions w w, which rest in slots or hearings in arms Y Y, pivotally mounted on standards U U, projectiilg upwardly from the end plates A and A of the main frame of the machine. Said arms Y Y are secured to the upper ends of the standards U U, so that they may be moved from the position shown in full lines to the position indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 8, stops it a being provided on the standards U U for supporting said arms in either of the positions indicated, as clearly shown in said figure. When the arms Y Y are in their forward position, (illustrated in full lines,) the trunnions w w of the tray R rest in the slots 1 in said arms, the trunnions 'w w being so located that the tray will be supported thereby in an inclined position with its lower edge resting on the front edge of the frame of the tray M. In this position the tray R will be in convenient reach of the operator, and should it be necessary to remove ccins from the tray M while the tray is in its forward position the lower end of the tray R may be raised sufliciently to give access to the tray M, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2.

Whenever it is desirable to have convenicnt access to both trays R and M, the tray R is moved to the position indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 8, the supporting-arms Y Y being swung backwardly, and the trunnions w w of the tray-frame being shifted from the slots y to slots 1 formed on the opposite side of said arms, so that the tray will be supported in an inclined position behind the tray M, as clearly illustrated.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with a receptacle for a pile of coins constructed to permit the discharge of one or more coins from the lower end thereof, of an automatically-retracted coin-ejecting key having a finger-piece for engagement by the finger of the operator in operating the key, a coin-ejector which is freely movable into and out of the plane of the coin or coins to be ejected, said ejector being sustained in the plane of the coin or coins being ejected by pressure applied by the operator to said finger-piece in operating the key and constructed to drop below said plane only when said finger-piece is released by the operator to permit the key to return to its retracted position.

2. The combination, with a receptacle for an automatically-descending pile of coins constructed to permit the forward discharge of one or more coins from the lower end thereof, of an automatically-retracted, forwardly and backwardly movable coin-ejecting key, a coin-ejector carried by said key and freely movable into and out of the plane of the coin or coins to be ejected during the forward movement of the key, and a fingerpiece adapted to be engaged by the finger of the operators hand for drawing the key forward and through which finger-piece the operator sustains the ejector in the plane of the coin or coins being ejected, said ejector being constructed to drop below said plane only when said finger-piece is released by the operator to permit the key to return to its retracted position.

3. The combination, with a receptacle for an automatically-dcscending pile of coins adapted for the forward discharge of one or more coins from the lower end thereof, of a coin-ejecting key comprising an automatically-retracted member having a finger-piece pivotally mounted thereon, said finger-piece being below the coin-receptacle and being adapted to be engaged by a finger cf the operators upwardly open hand for drawing the key forward, and a coin-ejector moved by said finger-piece to engage and eject the lowermost coin or coins from the receptacle.

4.. The combination, with a receptacle for an automatically-descending pile of coins adapted for the forward discharge of one or more coins from the lower end thereof, of a coin-ejecting key comprising an automaticallyretracted member and a finger-piece pivotally mounted thereon, said finger-piece being below the coin-receptacle and having its greatest weight in front of its pivotal support, and a coin-ejector carried by said fingerpiece and adapted in the forward movement of the key to engage and eject the lowermost coin or coins from the receptacle.

5. The combination, with a receptacle for an automatically-descending pile of coins adapted for the forward discharge of one or more coins from the lower end thereof, of a mounted below the coin-receptacle as to be adapted to be moved toward and from the plane occupied by the lowermost coin in the receptacle and having a normal tendency to move away from sad plane, a coin-ejector controlled by said finger-niece and adapted, in the forward nioveinenf of the key, to engage and eject the lowermost coin or coinsin the receptacle, and means for automatically raising the ejector during the rearward movement of the key, whereby said ejector will be put in position to engage the lowermost coin or coins of the pile left in the receptacle, upon the next forward movement of the key.

6. The combination, with a receptacle for an automatically-descending pile of coins adapted for the forward disch rge of one or more coins from the lower end thereof, of a coin-ejecting key comprising an automatically-retracted lever pivotally supported at its upper end above the bottom of the receptacle and a finger-piece pivotally mounted on the lower end of said lever, said fingerpiece being situated below the coin-receptacle and adapted to be engaged by a finger of the operators hand for drawing the key forward, a stop for limiting the downward movement of said finger-piece and a coin-ejector carried by said finger-piece adapted to engage and eject the lowerrnost coin or coins from the receptacle in the forward movement of the key.

7. The combination, with a receptacle for an antornatically-descending pile of coins adapted for the forward discharge of one or more coins from the lower end thereof, of a coin-ejecting key comprising an automatically-retracted lever pivotally supported above the bottom of the receptacle, a fingerpiece pivotally mounted on said lever and situated below said receptacle where it is adapted to be engaged by a finger of the operators hand for drawing the key forward, said finger-piece having a part which engages with said lever for limiting the downward move ment of the finger-piece, and a coin-ejector carried by said finger-piece and adapted in a the forward movement of the key to engage and eject the lowermost coin or coins from the receptacle.

8. The combination, with a receptacle for an autolnatically-descending pile of coins adapted for the forward discharge of one or more coins from the lower end thereof, of a coin-ejecting key comprising a lever pivotally supported at its upper end above the bottom of the receptacle and projecting downwardly behind the receptacle, a finger piece pivotally mounted on the lower end of said lever and extending forwardly there from below the bottom of the receptacle, the forward end of said finger-piece having a lien- 1 7 coin-e ecting key comprising an automat- I ited vertical movement, and an e ector car- 1cally-retracted finger piece so movably rled by the finger-piece adapted, in the forward movement of the key, to engage and eject the lowermost coin or coins in said receptacle.

9. The combination, with a receptacle for an automatically-descending pile of coins adapted for the forward discharge of one or more coins from the lower end thereof, of a coin-ejecting key comprising a lever pivotally supported at its upper end above the receptacle and extending dowmvardly behind the receptacle and forwardly of its pivotal support, a finger-piece pivotally mounted on the lower end of said lever and projecting forwardly therefrom below the receptacle, and a coin-ejector projecting from said finger-piece and adapted, in the forward movement of the key, to engage and eject the .low ermost coin or coins in the receptacle and, in the rearward movement of the key, to be carried by the finger-piece below the coins remaining in the receptacle.

10. The combination, with a receptacle for an automatically-descending pile of coins adapted for the forward discharge of one or more coins from the lower end thereof, of a coin-ejecting key comprising a lever pivotally supported at its upper end above the bottom of the receptacle, a finger-piece pivotally mounted on the lower end of said lever and projecting forwardly therefrom below the receptacle and also extending rearwardly of its pivotal support, but having its greatest weight in front of said support, said fingerpiece being adapted to be engaged at its forward end by a finger of the operator for drawing the key forward, a coin-ejector carried by the forward end of said finger-piece and adapted, in the forward moveinent of the key, to engage and eject the lowermost coin or coins from the receptacle, and means for depressing the rear end of said finger-piece, during the rearward movement of the key for elevating said ejector.

1 1. In a ehangemaking machine, the combination of a receptacle for an automaticallydescending pile of coins adapted for the discharge of one or more coins from the lower end thereof, said receptacle having its bottom wall formed by a plate which is slotted to receive a coin-ejector and which extends rearwardly from said receptacle, a coin-ejecting key comprising a lever pivotally support ed above the coin-recepta le and extending downwardly through a slot in the rearward extension of said plate, a finger-piece pivotally mounted on the lower end of said lever and extending forwardly and rearwardly of its pivotal support, said finger-piece having its greatest weight forward of said support and having its rear extension arranged to 011- e and to be depressed by the under surface of said plate, and a coin-ejector carried on the forward end of said linger-pier e, adapted, in the forward movement of the key, to

engage the lowermost coin or coins in the receptacle through the slot in its bottom wall.

12. The combination with a it l epta 10 for an automatically-descending pile of coins ons'r: 11f ted to permit the folward disrharge of one or more coins from the lower end thereof, said ic; eptaslc having a slot in its bottom all for aeiving a coin-ejector, an automatically-retracted coinejecting key the forward end of which is freely movable vertically toward and from the bottom wall of the receptacle and carrying a coin-ejector adapted to enter said slot to engage and eject the lowermost coin or coins from the receptatle, a linger-piece to be engaged by the finger of the operator for drawing the key forward and by means of which the ejector is sustained in the plane of the coin or (oins while being ejected, and a projection on the bottom wall of the receptacle arranged to deflect the key downward at the end of its forward movement.

13. In combination with the main frame of a change-making machine, of a stationary coin-tray mounted thereon, and a second coin-tray fivotally supported at its ends in an inclined position above the -first-mentioned tray, said PIVOllftllY-IHOHDfOll tray having its forward edge substantially in line with the front edge of the fixed tray and being movable on its pivotal supports for giving access to said fixed tray.

14. In combination with the main frame of a change-making machine, of a stationary coin-tray mounted thereon, a second. coim tray, supported for holding said second tray in an imlined position over the hast-mentioned tray, said supports being movable for shifting the position of said tray with reference to the iixed tray.

15. In combination with the main frame of a change-making machine, of a stationary coin-tray mounted thereon, a serond cointray, supports for holding said second tray in an in lined position, said supports being pivotally secured to said mainframe whereby the position of said second tray may be shifted with respect to the said stationary tray.

16. In combination with the main frame of a change-making machine, of upwardlyprojecting arms at the ends of the frame, adapted to support a coin-tray thereon in an inclined position, said arms being movable for shifting the position of the tray.

17. In a change-making machine, the combination of end plates forming parts of the main frame, said plates having inn lined front edges and a shoulder for supporting a secondai y frame, a secondary frame affording a support for stacks or piles of coins and for coin-ejecting mechanism, said secondary frame comprising a oi'iugated plate forming a series of coin-holding receptacles, a bottom plate, and end plates secured thereto, said end plates being provided with integral out- I In testimony whereof I have hereunto set We? lly-p101e-3t111g flanges WlllC-ll rest upon my hand in presence of tWo subscribing W1tthe SllOlllClGlS on the side plates of the main nesses. frame and a mnst said inehned ed 'es said JOHN W. MEAKER.

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W itnessesz VIM. P. LANE,

by bending a portion of the metal of said CHRIS J. SANNER.

i OLItXVZLlQllY-PlOjEttlllg flanges being formed plates, substantially as described. 

